Yes, this soldier of political battles is back.

8:15 – has Scalia announced that he’s retiring? Is that something I missed?

8:23 – Kasich at least knows that Putin’s invasions are justified as a defense of Russian-speakers from imaginary evildoers who want to prevent them from speaking Russian. This shows he is, at least, trying to learn.

8:24 – it’s also great that Bush is pointing out that Russia is not fighting ISIS in Syria. It’s sad that this needs to be pointed out.

8:26 – all of Bush’s 5 supporters must be in the audience today, booing Trump.

8:34 – Bush is so pathetic defending his brother.

8:35 – Kasich is on a roll today.

8:37 – I’m glad Trump is stating the painfully obvious about the disastrous Dubya administration.

8:44 – how is Trump proposing to “bring back jobs”? Is he against freedom of markets?

9:08 – why is this audience so pro-Rubio? Are they getting paid to cheer and boo?

9:27 – wow, this is a very angry debate. Do they remember there will be a general election where all this will come back to bite them?

45 responses to “The South Carolina GOP Debate”

  1. Barbara Avatar
    Barbara

    Scalia died on his sleep last night. Very unexpected.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Sometimes really bad people get the best kinds of deaths. That’s unfair.

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    2. Shakti Avatar
      Shakti

      He was almost 80 years old so it wasn’t out of the question, but any odds-makers would have bet on other justices dying first like Ginsburg or Breyer or Kennedy. If say Roberts had died, it would be highly irregular.

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  2. Stringer Bell Avatar
    Stringer Bell

    Scalia died.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Oh wow. I had no idea. He was very old.

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      1. Stringer Bell Avatar
        Stringer Bell

        79, not that old.

        Republicans saying whoever Obama nominates is unfit to be SCOTUS. They want to keep the spot empty for a whole year and let the next president decide.

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        1. Clarissa Avatar

          Ah, I thought he was 10 years older than that.

          It’s ridiculous to suggest that a new judge shouldn’t be appointed.

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      2. Dreidel Avatar
        Dreidel

        He was 79, three years younger than Ginsburg and to external appearances, in much better health than she. He died very unexpectedly while vacationing on a hunting trip. (Same age as Justice Kennedy.)

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  3. Dreidel Avatar
    Dreidel

    The historical importance of this Presidential election just skyrocketed with Scalia’s death.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Won’t Obama just go ahead and appoint? He is president.

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      1. Shakti Avatar
        Shakti

        Any nominees to high government posts like the Supreme Court must get through the Senate. He’s had problems appointing federal judges and heads of agencies (like the Surgeon General).

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        1. Dreidel Avatar
          Dreidel

          The Republicans would be fools to confirm an Obama nominee before the Presidential election. It won’t happen.

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          1. Clarissa Avatar

            It’s simply delaying the inevitable.

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          2. Shakti Avatar
            Shakti

            This assumes they do not lose seats in the Senate or control of the Senate, which is a fairly safe assumption.

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  4. Stringer Bell Avatar
    Stringer Bell

    “She should be running” -Trump

    When Jeb brings up his mom.

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  5. Barbara Avatar
    Barbara

    Obama has ready made a statement that he will nominate a new Justice, as the Constitution mandates. I’m sure a he has a well-researched list of qualified possibilities for such an occasion, and he almost a full year left in office. It is a pipe dream to think Scslua’s seat will remain empty until the next president is sworn in.

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  6. Dreidel Avatar
    Dreidel

    “It’s simply delaying the inevitable.”

    Here’s the difference: If Obama appointed a liberal (or even “moderate”) justice to replace the very conservative Scalia, that appointment would swing the court significantly to the left.

    If a Republican President appoints a conservative justice in 2017, it would preserve the court balance at Scalia’s death (four conservative justices, four liberals, and one moderate).

    “It is a pipe dream to think Scslua’s seat will remain empty until the next president is sworn in.”

    This is a VERY important issue! The Republicans aren’t going to be stupid enough to let an Obama nominee through, period. That’s no pipe dream — it’s political reality.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      The whole point of electing a president is to swing the balance of the Supreme Court in a better direction.

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      1. Dreidel Avatar
        Dreidel

        Which is why it’s so vital to elect a Republican President in November! 🙂

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  7. Dreidel Avatar
    Dreidel

    Boy, this debate is really getting nasty — at least the Republican debates don’t put viewers to sleep like the Hillary and Bernie snooze fests.

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    1. Stringer Bell Avatar
      Stringer Bell

      Any republican voter should be ashamed of the their party. This debate makes the Jerry Springer show look dignified.

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      1. Dreidel Avatar
        Dreidel

        There’s an old nautical expression: “Any port in a storm.” One of the men on that stage will be the next President of the United States.

        So one of them will nominate the next justice on the Supreme Court, and begin the inevitable reversal of Obama’s leftist highjacking of the American government.

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      2. Clarissa Avatar

        Such dignified, truly presidential people.

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        1. Dreidel Avatar
          Dreidel

          At least none of them have played a saxophone on the Arsenio Hall show, or given a cigar to an intern.

          Or submitted a proposed federal budget of 4.1 TRILLION dollars.

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          1. Clarissa Avatar

            The cigar only became public because Republicans wanted to inflict that whole story on all of us. I’d much rather this whole thing remained private.

            As for saxophone, I don’t see what’s undignified about that unless he played really badly.

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    2. Clarissa Avatar

      I’m ready to see people come to blows. That will be good entertainment.

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  8. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    9:08 – why is this audience so pro-Rubio? Are they getting paid to cheer and boo?
    There’s no decorum. It’s like a sitcom or a professional wrestling set. I’m just waiting for everyone to go “oooooh”.

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  9. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    Debate recap: “Liar, liar, pants on fire.” – Cruz, Rubio.
    “Bring back our jobs” (to the tune of Bring Back My Bonnie and “Our country is secretly India in 1971” -Trump.
    “Stop impugning my family honor.”-Trilogy
    What did I miss?

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  10. Stringer Bell Avatar
    Stringer Bell

    “..why is this audience so pro-Rubio? ”

    I know you hate that term but the establishment has been trying very hard to coalesce around a solid anti-trump candidate. That means Jeb and Rubio. The republican party picks the audience. You don’t buy tickets for this show on stubhub.com.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      That’s what I thought. They cheer the candidates they see as theirs no matter what the candidates say. The result is that the sound track to the debate sounds like a sitcom on steroids.

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  11. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    1027 a: Trump: Liar, liar. Is Ben Carson going to be the Bush v. Gore of this primary? Also when did he care about robocalls?

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  12. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    1036 p “Exploding economy” and “jobs” don’t quite go together. I just envision shards of jobs flying. Kasich claims he can bring blue collar Democrats to vote for Republicans.

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  13. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    1038p Why is Trump’s potty mouth an issue? He’s implying Cruz is a wimp for his “legal definition of torture”

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  14. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    This entire debate is basically a bunch of Pinnocchio gifs:

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    1. Dreidel Avatar
      Dreidel

      Cute cartoon, but two days too late.

      If you want to see the scene in that movie most descriptive of the Democrats, fast-forward to the part where an out-of-control, naughty boy turns into the Democratic Party symbol– a braying, kicking jackass.

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      1. Stringer Bell Avatar
        Stringer Bell

        This empanada truck is making more sense than you are right now.

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        1. Dreidel Avatar
          Dreidel

          And how much sense are you making with this silly video, Stringer Boy?

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      2. Shakti Avatar
        Shakti

        In that debate neither candidate actually called the other a liar repeatedly. I think you called it a “love in.”
        In this debate, almost everyone loudly called everyone else a big liar constantly in those words. Hence my Pinocchio comment. The fact they tell lies about each other isn’t really new. It’s like saying water’s wet.

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  15. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    10:43 p Rubio: Resurrect Republican Jesus: Alzheimer Reagan!

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  16. Stringer Bell Avatar
    Stringer Bell

    This moderator should be POTUS.

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  17. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    10:50 Trilogy sounds like a fortune cookie “The next President will see unforseen challenges.” Dude, nobody remembers you being gov of Fla, just that you were responsible for your awful brother.
    1051: “It’s opposite day in America.” -Rubio. “I will protect every single zygote and heterosexual monogamy.” zzzt. “New American Century.”
    10:53: Cruz. SCOTUS, SCOTUS, SCOTUS. I don’t want to talk to my daughters. One of them tried to take out my eyes.
    1054: Politicians are all talk and no action. I’ll be all talk. “We are Weimar Germany. We are India in 1971. We are the Qin dynasty.”-Trump

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  18. Dreidel Avatar
    Dreidel

    Well, the debate’s over after a politically overheated, berserk week.

    The next caucus (Democratic only, in Nevada) is a whole week away, and the next date (Republican, more Sturm und Drang) isn’t until February 25th.

    So it’s going to be a slow seven days, unless another Supreme Court justice kicks off. Post some beautiful baby pictures, Clarissa, and please don’t hide them behind some password firewall.

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  19. Stringer Bell Avatar
    Stringer Bell

    lol

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